The Women of Color Narrative Initiative achieves narrative justice by funding and developing projects that center women of color and new modes of liberatory storytelling in film and media.
Our 2024 Grantees
Resisting Narratives of Erasure
Resisting Narratives of Erasure is a filmmakers lab advancing liberatory narratives from LGBTQIA+ Southern-based media artists and filmmakers of color. Resisting Narratives of Erasure provides fellows with resources (funds, professional development, screenwriting software) to create short films on topics that offer insight into our cultural landscape. Films are featured in community, regional, and national screening events produced by Visionary Justice StoryLab.
Our Series
FRANCES “FRANKIE” WILLIS, is a formerly incarcerated, queer protagonist whose determination to leave behind a life of poverty and violence in order to choose herself is at odds with her deep love for her daughter TASHAWN, her granddaughter, KAILA, and the pride she has in Atlanta, the place she’s lived all of her life.
When she’s unable to find meaningful employment after returning home from prison, she decides a move from the south to the Pacific Northwest holds the answer to a fresh start. She lands at a shelter in Seattle and instantly begins to find connections amongst a motley crew of characters that support her on her journey. But it is the reconnection with an old prison cellmate that proves to be the most tranformative relationship of all.
Our Films
Grrrl Justice is a short narrative film exploring the pathways of girls and queer youth of color into the juvenile justice system. It uses gender and sexuality as a framework for understanding their rising rates of incarceration. Through the lead characters in this powerful triptych, we also come to understand the power of story and the necessity of art and youth led community spaces in their healing and liberation.
Running time: 16:09
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